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"SHOW don't TELL." |
"To draw readers in, you must be concrete.
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| I was reading a revision of a story to my oldest two in a doctor's waiting room. There were two other children close by. They were playing, not paying me any attention. |
As I was reading I noticed that the little girl had come to stand in between her mother and I. And within a few minutes her brother had sat down in front of his mother. And then it hit me. They had stopped playing to listen to my story. I kept reading and when I came to a funny part they giggled. They were laughing at my story! They were enjoying a story that I had made up. |
Those two children will never know what they did for me. In that one moment I realised that I was a success. I had accomplished my goal. The only way for me to ever do more would be for me to get my stories published. This way I could touch more children. |
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"To capture a child's attention and hold it.
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